Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : Iridium NEXT Flight 3 : Oct 9, 2017 - UPDATES  (Read 101909 times)

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Another Notch on my belt...Thanks to Chris & Steven and the Rest for All you guys Do !!  and Thanks to NASASPACEFLIGHT.Com

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Congrats to SpaceX and Iridium! Great launch and landing! Great year so far for SpaceX! Hope they can keep it up!

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Congrats to SpaceX

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I had to drive from GR to Dearborn but I had the Youtube streaming on the phone, and when we were at T-2:00 was in a park and ride watching.

WAY to go team. No Matt, we fans are NOT tired of you yet. Today's vid on what Iridium enables was really great... it boggles the mind how many different applications there are.

Congrats to SpaceX, Iridium and all the folks who make this mission possible, as well as for the superb coverage
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I am so glad this is getting to be routine!  The excitement never goes away, but the tension is being replaced with a happy anticipation.  Congratulations SpaceX, and wonderful coverage by the NSF team as well!
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Congratulations to all concerned. Make the most of the Falcon 9 whilst you can before it goes away...

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Great work everyone, SpaceX, Iridium, and all the great and newsy coverage we got from all the intrepid NSF citizen journalists! 



« Last Edit: 10/09/2017 05:28 pm by Chris Bergin »
Re arguments from authority on NSF:  "no one is exempt from error, and errors of authority are usually the worst kind.  Taking your word for things without question is no different than a bracket design not being tested because the designer was an old hand."
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Congrats to all for a launch that was SOOOOO routine, we need a second one this week to feed our addiction!
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Please tell me the 30th Space Wing didn't throw in a random ICBM launch in there...

EDIT: Replaced with a corrected 30th Wing video.
« Last Edit: 10/11/2017 07:22 am by ugordan »

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She was a beast there on the pad, snorting away with all that venting.  Very cool.  Maybe there'll be some proper photos released?
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Offline Bubbinski

Congratulations on launch #14 of the year!

The vehicle was spectacular looking on the pad, the launch was spectacular, good work on the barge landing and the 10 satellite deploy too. Now ready for another F9 launch Wednesday evening, good luck!
I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.

Offline Joffan

Great launch and satellite delivery. Landing in the dark gives a feel of the reality of the task - a dot on the map that is unerringly hit dead centre by the returning stage. Good work SpaceX and congratulations to all involved, with thanks as usual to all those here at NSF that capture the launch moment by moment.
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Congrats SpaceX, Vandenberg folks, Iridium, and of course our NSF team!!!
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A surprisingly nice view, 100 miles from the site.


(1:20 for the sighting)

Many congrats to everyone involved for the successful conclusion of yet another launch campaign.
« Last Edit: 10/09/2017 04:52 pm by Dante80 »

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Another outstanding launch!  Great job to everyone involved!

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Offline acsawdey

A surprisingly nice view, 100 miles from the site.


(1:20 for the sighting)

Many congrats to everyone involved for the successful conclusion of yet another launch campaign.

Here's another video I stumbled across zoomed in on stage separation and boostback:



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Congrats to all the teams, well done! Thanks for the global team coverage provided by NSF! :)
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congrats to SpaceX and Iridium. And these videos of the separation and boostback burn from a distance ... Beautiful!!! More videos like that please!

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